Considering the recent weather we were extremely fortunate to get away with such a fine day and it is to your credit that so many of you turned out on the day despite the lousy forecast.

It was really pleasing to see not only lots of familiar faces but also to welcome so many new members who have chosen to throw in their lot with Shrewsbury HC. There were sufficient numbers to hopefully ensure that the Club should not have any difficulty in fulfilling all our fixtures next week.

Thanks on the day on your behalf go especially to Ian and Garry S, Flo and John F for organising the senior sessions and Tim and Duncan for their long stints on the whistle.

In addition to around 40 men in action at Roman Road a further squad of 14 were playing in Telford representing the Club in the Shropshire Star Cup for the County First Teams.

Drawn against Telford the Club were leading 2-1 up with only 5 minutes to go thanks to goals from Matt silence and Chris Burden but were unable to stop the National League side scoring twice near the end to lose 2-4.

Playing for 3rd or 4th place against Bridgnorth of the Midlands Div 1,who surprisingly lost 1-0 to Ludlow, Shrewsbury, with goals from Matt Sillence(2) and Chris Davies, lead 3-0 at half time. An injury to Stu Young and the tremendous effort against Telford took its toll and eventually Bridgnorth scrambled to a 4-3 win. For the record Telford beat Ludlow 10-0 in the final.

Next week it is the turn of the ladies to play in their County Cup Competition at Oakengates in a round robin with Telford and Oswestry before the finals on the same day involving Whitchurch, Wem and Bridgnorth and we wish them well.